| When Swedish chemist
and philanthropist Alfred Nobel (1833-96), the inventor of dynamite,
established a series of prizes to be awarded for distinguished
achievement in Peace, Chemistry, Literature, Physics, and Medicine,
Economics was not among the disciplines. Given the growing importance
of Economics, the Sveriges Riksbank, in celebration of its 300th
anniversary, created a prize in Economic Sciences in memory of
Alfred Nobel. Listed below are links to the Nobel internet archive
and a profile of laureates in Economics. |